Akinori Matsuo
Directing
Biography
Akinori Matsuo was born on November 5, 1928 in Japan. Akinori was a director and assistant director, known for Yakuza sensei (1960), Meiji keppûroku: Taka to ôkami (1968) and Tekka no hanamichi (1968). Akinori died on July 12, 2010.
Originally named Matsuo Akinori, Ma was one of the Japanese directors who was hired by Shaw Brothers, and soon started the genre of Hong Kong films with a Japanese touch. Together with Inoue Umetsugu and Koh Nakahira (stage-named Yang Shu-Shin), they directed films like "Operation Lipstick" (directed by Inoue), "Interpol" (directed by Nakahira) and "Asia-Pol" (directed by Akinori).
On the crew 86
Shadow Warriors
1980
Masked Blade
1983
Special Crime Investigation Front
1977
Tattooed Kin-san vs Miss Ninja Thief
1997
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
1986
Miyamoto Musashi
1990
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
1998
Crisis at Edo Castle - Angry Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
1987
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993
Thirteen Times a Loser
1969
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
Frankie the Milkman
1956
The President's Son
1962
The Fugitive Samurai
1984
Onmitsu Doshin: The Edo Secret Police
1979
The Lowly Ronin 3: Duel at Dawn
1982
Warlord of the Underworld
1998
The Lady Professional
1971
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978
Asia-Pol
1967
I Am Waiting
1957
Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
Yuganda tsuki
1959
Who's the Real Killer
1957
Family Crest: Die Like a Man
1969
Ninja Gangsters 2: The Lullaby of Hell
1982
Drums Love and Dreams
1956
Fight of the Gamblers
1963
The Notorious Bored Samurai 3
1989
The Retired Samurai
1987
Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell
1969
Tale on Kanto Chivalry
1963
Ningen Gari
1962
Yakuza sensei
1960
Dice and Swords
1968
Knock Down
1960
Chivalrous Man: Junkyard of Life
1971
For This We Fight
1961
The Debt of Blood
1967
The Dragon Crest
1963
Love and Desire in the Night Mist
1966
Crimson Wings
1958
The Symbol of a Man
1963
Kazu no Fūkei
1991
Angel and the Outlaw
1962
I Will Challenge
1959
The Notorious Bored Samurai 8
1993
Duel in the Storm
1968
Young Panther
1959
Greatest Boss of Japan
1970
Penitentiary Brothers
1969
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
The Man From the Sea
1962
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
Asiapol Secret Service
1966
松本清張のかげろう絵図
1983
Badge of the Night
1963
Three Rogues
1968
Abashiri Prison
1959
Streetlights
1957
Pacific Porters
1961
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988
The Wild Reporter
1959
In Tears
1965
The Reckless One
1967
The Eternal Life
1964
The Lost Diamond
1960
A World For Two
1966
Seven Challengers
1961
Gun of Nosappu
1961
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
Our Town
1956
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1965
Utau abarenbō
1962
I Shall Not Forget
1968
The Notorious Bored Samurai 7
1992
Rainbow Over Kinmon
1962
The Dragon and the Tiger
1966
Sunset Hill
1964
The Notorious Bored Samurai 6
1991
Good-for-nothing Guy
1961
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1964
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4
1990
The Inugami Family
1990